This is the old car setup

What you see below is the stereo equipment that was installed in the car, before someone else decided that they like it just as much as I do and broke into the car to steal it.

Other than the Kappa speakers and the Sony deck all this stuff was stolen on Friday night, June 8th, 2001. This list shows the "mobile audio" equipment installed in my car:
(Some of the links will not point to a proper equipment, as the components intalled in my car are at least two years old and therefore are no longer listed on manufacturer web sites.)
Components in red were stolen.


I should probably list all the small elements as well, like 4 and 8 gauge power and ground wires, 60 Amp fuses, 14 and 12 gauge speaker wires, gold battery terminals, etc, but I don't remember the full list of either the components or the manufacturers, so I'll just mention that misc. stuff was mainly made by Phoenix Gold, Monster Cable and Stinger.
I also have an alarm installed, with an extended range antena as well as the motion sensor, but frankly, I don't remember the make, so let's leave it at that.

Now, that you've read about all this stuff that has been put in the car, it's time to show what all of it used to look like.

Photos and Description
Click on pictures to see a larger version.

Sony CD Player - CDX-780 I'll start off with showing you the deck, even though there really isn't much to see. The deck was intalled by a "proffesional" installer whom I don't even want to mention. Let's just say that the job was a disaster, and I'll probably redo it this summer.

The installation shown below, is a 2nd generation design. The first try is not even worth mentioning. Picture of Honda's Trunk The speakers, deck, and wire layout are the only elements left over from the first installation, and that's only because I'm too lazy to change it. The trunk got a major change over. The major reason for it was esthetics, but I was also influenced by a need for trunk space. I also wanted to find a way to use the folding seats, in case a I had long items (like skis and ski poles) to carry, so my 2nd design needed to include these requirements. The end result was what you see on the picture. Car Amps One of the major flaws of the first design was that all wires, amps, and lighting cap were exposed, so to fix this problem the 2nd design includes the beauty board which hides all these components, as well as gives me a little bit more of usable trunk space. So far, I've carried trunk-full of groceries, or three tires in the trunk and nothing broke. I think that proves that design passed the test.